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Patent No.:

US 8856499 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2007

Reducing instruction execution passes of data groups through a data operation unit

Applicants:

Michael J. M. Toksvig, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Justin M. Mahan, Fremont, CA (US);

Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);

Tyson J. Bergland, Palo Alto, CA (US);

James T. Battle, Austin, TX (US);

Ashok Srinivasan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael J. M. Toksvig, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Justin M. Mahan, Fremont, CA (US);

Edward A. Hutchins, Mountain View, CA (US);

Tyson J. Bergland, Palo Alto, CA (US);

James T. Battle, Austin, TX (US);

Ashok Srinivasan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Assignee:

Nvidia Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Corey S Faherty

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/38 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an instruction mapping table, which includes a plurality of instruction counts and a plurality of instruction pointers each corresponding with one of the instruction counts. Each instruction pointer identifies a next instruction for execution. Further, each instruction count specifies a number of instructions to execute beginning with the next instruction. The apparatus also has a data operation unit adapted to receive a data group and adapted to execute on the received data group the number of instructions specified by a current instruction count of the instruction mapping table beginning with the next instruction identified by a current instruction pointer of the instruction mapping table before proceeding with another data group.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Toksvig, Michael J. M.. (2014). Reducing instruction execution passes of data groups through a data operation unit (U.S. Patent No. 8856499). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8856499

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